Klaus-Jurgen Wrede’s genre-defining Carcassonne will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, Hans im Gluck, the original publisher of the Spiel des Jahres-winner, is issuing Carcassonne: Jubilaumsedition, a new 10th Anniversary edition of the game that will be packaged in a giant blue meeple-shaped case, which will include all the contents of the original game plus ten new land tiles and colored translucent meeples. The German edition is due out first, followed by the American version, which Rio Grande Games is readying for a spring launch.

 

The medieval city-building Carcassonne is a quintessential tile-laying board game that remains extremely popular. Thanks to its enduring play value and a number of clever expansions,nearly a decade after its first release, it still managed to take the #5 spot on ICv2’s most recent list of “The Top Ten Board, Card, & Family Games.”